Utah beach

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Utah Beach is the name of one of the five beaches of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. The most westerly of the Allied landing zones and the only beach on the northeastern Cotentin coast, west of the Vire estuary (the other four are on the Calvados coast), Utah Beach stretched from Sainte-Marie-du-Montto Quinévilleover a length of around 5 km, with a main assault zone at Varreville. It was added to the initial plans for the landing, due to the greater number of landing craft finally available and thus enabled a bridgehead closer to the port of Cherbourg.
The 2nd DB, commanded by General Leclerc, landed there on July 30, 19441. The landing at Utah Beach was certainly the least costly in human lives and the one with the results, at the end of the first day, closest to the Allies' initial objectives. The American 4th Infantry Division encountered relatively little enemy resistance, in contrast to Omaha Beach, the other beach in the American sector. German fortifications were weaker here, due to the configuration of the site, which the Germans considered unsuitable for a landing. In fact, the beach lies on a barrier beach backed by marshy areas. The American landing on Utah was therefore preceded by a costly night airborne operation on Sainte-Mère-Église and Chef-du-Pont to control the few roads through the marshes allowing beach exits.(Source Wikipedia)

Utah Beach is the name of one of the five beaches of the Normandy landings on June 6, 1944. The most westerly of the Allied landing zones and the only beach on the northeastern Cotentin coast, west of the Vire estuary (the other four are on the Calvados coast), Utah Beach stretched from Sainte-Marie-du-Montto Quinévilleover a length of around 5 km, with a main assault zone at Varreville. It was added to the initial plans for the landing, due to the greater number of landing craft finally available and thus enabled a bridgehead closer to the port of Cherbourg.The 2nd DB, commanded by General Leclerc, landed there on July 30, 19441. The landing at Utah Beach was certainly the least costly in human lives and the one with the results, at the end of the first day, closest to the Allies' initial objectives. The American 4th Infantry Division encountered relatively little enemy resistance, in contrast to Omaha Beach, the other beach in the American sector. German fortifications were weaker here, due to the configuration of the site, which the Germans considered unsuitable for a landing. In fact, the beach lies on a barrier beach backed by marshy areas. The American landing on Utah was therefore preceded by a costly night airborne operation on Sainte-Mère-Église and Chef-du-Pont to control the few roads through the marshes allowing beach exits.(Source Wikipedia)